Posts Tagged ‘University Program’

UNM Student Internship: Zoe in San Blas

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

UNM Student Zoe outside of Hijos del Maiz

UNM Student Zoe outside of Hijos del Maiz

In her words…

I did my internship in San Blas, a small rural village about 20 minutes by bus outside of Granada, Nicaragua. The village was very different from anything I had experienced or seen in Nicaragua. The community was very poor, most of the houses (or shacks) were constructed with pieces of metal and wood. The living conditions were very simple, but the people and my host family were incredibly warm, generous and caring. I wanted to focus on the education in Nicaragua so I worked in a preschool in the mornings and a public high school in the afternoons.

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Univ. Students Go to Prison

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Male UNM students marked to distinguish them from male inmates

Male UNM students marked to distinguish them from male inmates

University of New Mexico Students went to Granada’s Prison for one of their field trips.  Professor Christine Rack recaps it below…

“We went to the prison here is Granada yesterday. It was fascinating –the juveniles are housed with the adults (though 11 years ago the penal codedeclared that illegal) in a 4-state facility built for 400 and holding 850.  (more…)

Bienvenida Univercidad de Nuevo Mexico.

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

El Pastel

Un pastel, piñata, baile, musica en vivo y mucha divercion, esta fue la bienvenida de otro grupo mas de la univercidad de nuevo mexico. cada uno de ellos aprende y hace crecer esta unica ISLA en el mundo, llena de amor, amistad y humildad.

Te invitamos a ser parte de nosotros, y disfrutar de este lugar unico…

University Course Comes to Xalteva!

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

U. New Mexico

The University of New Mexico is sponsoring the first semester-long university program based at Casa Xalteva, from January 18 until May 8, 2009. Dr. Christine Rack, who teaches Sociology and Peace Studies at UNM, developed the program, which will focus on themes of “Institutional Resilience in Nicaragua and Mesoamerica.” (more…)